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{\an1}Oftentimes people say,
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Coded Bias

{\an1}Oftentimes people say,"Well, isn't the reason {\an1}"you weren't detectedby these...

{\an1}Oftentimes people say,
"Well, isn't the reason {\an1}"you weren't detected
by these systems 'cause you're
highly melanated?" {\an1}And yes, I am highly melanated, but...
[laughs] {\an1}but the laws of physics
did not change it

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{\an1}Oftentimes people say, "Well, isn't the reason
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{\an1}"you weren't detected by these systems
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'cause you're highly melanated?"
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{\an1}And yes, I am highly melanated,
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but... [laughs]
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{\an1}but the laws of physics did not change it.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:06
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
7th Empire Media,Independent Lens,ITVS,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,Chicken & Egg Films,Women Make Movies,The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Grant,Sundance Institute

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Movie Summary

When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact...
What did change was making it a priority - Coded Bias 00:10
What did change was making it a priority
{\an7}People couldn't be in certain areas after dark, for instance, - Coded Bias 00:24
{\an7}People couldn't be in certain areas after dark, f...
{\an1}Some of them try to determine what your ethnicity is. - Coded Bias 00:05
{\an1}Some of them try to determine what your ethnicity is.
- And in the work that I've done, - Coded Bias 00:07
- And in the work that I've done,
{\an1}And so that's not just for face classification, - Coded Bias 00:07
{\an1}And so that's not just for face classification,
{\an1}And so people assume, - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}And so people assume,
{\an1}- Humans are creating themselves in their own image - Coded Bias 00:05
{\an1}- Humans are creating themselves in their own image
- Absolutely. - Racism is becoming - Coded Bias 00:06
- Absolutely. - Racism is becoming
[dramatic music] - Coded Bias 00:20
[dramatic music]
{\an1}Even if I'm perfectly classified, - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}Even if I'm perfectly classified,
{\an8}[foreboding music] - Coded Bias 00:15
{\an8}[foreboding music]
They're sort of explicitly saying, - Coded Bias 00:06
They're sort of explicitly saying,
"Whatever you say about the Communist Party - Coded Bias 00:05
"Whatever you say about the Communist Party
"Also, by the way, it will affect - Coded Bias 00:07
"Also, by the way, it will affect
The government who's building this - Coded Bias 00:09
The government who's building this
[car horns honking] - Coded Bias 00:09
[car horns honking]
{\an8}♪ ♪ - Coded Bias 00:08
{\an8}♪ ♪
- We look at China - Coded Bias 00:16
- We look at China
{\an1}We are all grappling every day with algorithmic determinism. - Coded Bias 00:06
{\an1}We are all grappling every day with algorithmic determ...
{\an1}Somebody's algorithm somewhere has assigned you a score, - Coded Bias 00:09
{\an1}Somebody's algorithm somewhere has assigned you a...